A 27-year old lawyer on Thursday took the heat for a company that is suspected to have benefited from irregular multibillion tenders at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA).
Ivy Minyow appeared before the Public Investments Commttee (PIC) which is investigating the alleged corruption in the supply and tendering of Covid-19 equipment.
Ivy claimed ownership for Kilig Limited, a company that won two tenders worth a total of over Ksh4 billion, but clarified that she was not the owner at the time when the tender was awarded.
The company was among the first to appear before the PIC in a bid to uncover the infamous Covid-19 Millionaires scandal.
Reports by KEMSA revealed that they did not recognise the owners and supporting documents of Kilig Limited despite the firm getting a very lucrative tender.
The youth said she was the company lawyer when the tender was acquired. The company, however, changed ownership three times after it started doing business with KEMSA.
Ivy confirmed being the current owner but efforts by MPs to probe the lawyer to reveal the original owners failed - only insisting that they were foreigners who wanted anonymity.
When asked, Minyow was adamant about withholding information regarding the persons who registered the company.
"I am not in a position to answer that, not unless the committee on record compels me to do so," she responded to the committee.
The committee had to take a 10 minute tbreak as Minyow requested for time to consult with her lawyer on whether she could reveal the information.
Her story was not the only one that baffled MPs as another witness, James Njuguna of La Miguela Holdings Limited, narrated how he got a Ksh180 million supply tender by sheer luck.
In a story that has since gone viral, Njuguna told MPs he was passing by KEMSA offices saw a number of individuals lining up, he enquired, filled a two-letter letter and won the lucrative tender within two hours.
